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SJIWFF27 Presents: Afternoon Shorts

October 23, 2016

SJIWFF27_Poster_11x17 - croppedOctober 22nd, 3pm-4.30pm – LSPU Hall –

Father’s Day

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Arizona O’Neill
PRODUCER: The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
RUNNTIME: 10min 09sec
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: Austen, a 12-year-old girl, lives with her single mother in Montreal. Throughout the film, Austen examines whether she is exhibiting the negative traits that experts associate with girls from single parent homes. A surprise visit from her father, who has an impending court date, proves to be unexpectedly emotional for Austen. She decides that she is going to ignore all statistics about the failings of children with one parent and live up to her potential.

Small Town, Big Musical

MADE BY: FRAMED
FILM MENTOR: Jackie Hynes
FRAMED PRODUCER: Jenn Brown
RUNTIME: 6.4min
SYNOPSIS: Our FRAMED Film Education Series partnered with ArtsNL and their ArtsSmarts series to create this short film with local students about the 15-year history of the locally famous Laval High School musical in Placentia, NL.

Panthalassa

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Casey Follen
RUNTIME: 2min 42sec
COUNTRY:USA
SYNOPSIS: Panthalassa, the all-powerful goddess, cracks Earth’s surface and plunges into an ancient superocean where she encounters interesting landscapes and creatures on her way to uncover the mysterious depths of the ocean basin.

Good Grief

MADE BY: FRAMED
FILM MENTOR: Allison White
FRAMED PRODUCER: Jenn Brown
WRITTEN BY: Emily Bridger
RUNTIME: 8min
COUNTRY: CANADA
SYNOPSIS: Every year, FRAMED West brings our Film Education Series to Corner Brook where participants created this quirky dark comedy about a couple of cousins misbehaving at their beloved grandmother’s funeral. Written by Emily Bridger.

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WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jenina MacGillivray
RUNTIME: 10min
COUNTRY: Canada/NL
SYNOPSIS: In a small town on the coast lives an optimistic young man who takes care of his recently widowed grandfather, admires the local store clerk from afar, and dreams of making something of himself through an unlikely endeavor: skipping stones.

Obedjiwan 5-0

DIRECTOR: Fyanna Boivin
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Wapikoni Mobile Team
RUNTIME: 2min14sec
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: Fyanna Boivin is 14 years old and wants to become a police officer. This is a portrait of an Atikamekw teen who wishes to travel untrodden paths.

The Garrick Theatre – Then & Now

MADE BY: FRAMED
FILM MENTOR: Jordan Canning
FRAMED PRODUCER: Jenn Brown
RUNTIME: 4.37min
SYNOPSIS: Our FRAMED Film Education Series partnered with ArtsNL and their ArtsSmarts series to create this film with Discovery Collegiate students, highlighting the history and revival of The Garrick Theatre in Bonavista, NL.

The View from Here

DIRECTORS: Cole Hayley, Kyla Smith
WRITERS: Elizabeth Hicks, Jordan Steinhauer
PRODUCERS: Cole Hayley, Kyla Smith, Elizabeth Hicks, Jordan Steinhauer
RUNTIME: 11min
COUNTRY: Canada/NL
SYNOPSIS: Chelsey Hicks is a 19-year-old woman from St. John’s, Newfoundland. At the age of 13, her life was turned upside down when she lost her mother, Susan Hicks, to cancer. After struggling to cope with her tremendous loss and a PTSD diagnosis, Chelsey was able to find the ultimate therapy in dance.

Mr. Bernstein

DIRECTOR: Francine Zuckerman
WRITERS: Deb Filler, Guy Hamling
PRODUCER: Deb Filler, Francine Zuckerman, Jessica Adams
RUNTIME: 12min 20 sec
COUNTRY: CANADA
SYNOPSIS: After Debbie hears about her father’s life-changing musical experience in a refugee camp, she tracks down the same famous orchestra conductor years later, with unexpected consequences.


Festival Pass –

Details

Date:
October 23, 2016

Organizer

St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
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Venue

The LSPU Hall
3 Victoria Street
St. John's, NL Canada
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